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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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+ The kids are home from school which means all-day playmates for Baby Girl.
- There is also a whole lot more noise around here. At times, I must say the kids are driving me crazy!

+ Tonight, we have a double date with some new friends and I couldn't be more excited! Going out with adults and no kids is something much to be desired around here. We're even trying a new Italian/New York style restaurant that looks right up my alley!
- Us going out means another non-homecooked meal for the kids. I don't do much (any) cooking the week between Christmas and New Year's.

+ You can finally see the carpet in my house. It's brown. Remember, I requested "the color of dirt" when it was time to order carpet.
- I still have a lot of stuff to put away.

+ I am dreaming about spending the Christmas money I received this year. I think the list includes gray high heels, camel flat boots, a new scarf or two, anything from Forever 21, and a couple sensible things.
- Finding time to shop is not easy. I could take the whole family with me but they would drive me crazy, wanting to get out of there the entire time. I am too nervous to buy shoes online. I had toe surgery on both feet when I was in college. Ever since, buying shoes has been a bit difficult.

+ New Year's Day is almost here! After church, we will go to my mom's. We will make a crazy amount of party food to snack on while the guys watch football and the girls play games.
- The kids have to go back to school the next day. Come on, couldn't have they given us just one more day off?

+ Hubby is off January 2nd (shocker!) so we have the day for just the three of us (Baby Girl comes velcroed to me.)
- January 2nd is usually the day diet resolutions start. Bummer. Why even start a resolution if I know there's no way I'm going to keep it???

+ Dunkin Donuts chai. Enough said. I didn't realize it was that good!

- I am totally frustrated with changing my blog layout. I ended up using one of Blogger's backgrounds because I just could not get my own photo to look right. They make you use such a small image that it won't fit all the way across the screen. Tiling just does not look pretty, folks. I have a snowy landscape picture of my own backyard that I am not able to use. I am just not as technical as I'd like to be.

And to end things on a positive note:
+ Did I mention I'm going out with friends tonight? Oh, yeah...sorry to bring that up again. I'm just really looking forward to it! I have a new friend and we seem to have been separated at birth. She's a lot of fun and I'm really enjoying getting to know her. I've had some bad luck when it comes to close friends. Hopefully this one will be around for a while.